Thank you to both Karl and Simon for their very thoughtful posts. As someone who has been involved with back-to-the-land and local economy/local community efforts for many decades, I agree with Simon that there is no singular movement. There are several complex socio-economic movements intertwining ; people who may seem to be working on a common project often are coming from very different places with quite different goals--and ways to try and reach those goals.
I also agree with Karl that aspects of local self-reliance that have been sufficiently "successful" have been severely dealt with by "the powers that be." Two examples I know of off the top of my head are a local/regional currency in Argentina (the "truc"), and the original form of the Ithaca Health Fund (which the NYS insurance regulators came down on hard). I look forward to hearing from more people. Margaret _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
